Approximate Dynamic Programming for Military Medical Evacuation Dispatching Policies

DOI10.1287/ijoc.2019.0930zbMath1466.90010OpenAlexW3049475070MaRDI QIDQ4995051

Matthew J. Robbins, Brian J. Lunday, Phillip R. Jenkins

Publication date: 23 June 2021

Published in: INFORMS Journal on Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2019.0930

zbMATH Keywords

Markov decision processapproximate dynamic programmingmilitary MEDEVACEMS system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Dynamic programming (90C39) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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